Associate HR Business Partner
| Posting date: | 02 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £35,663 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 January 2026 |
| Location: | Swansea |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 441217/6 |
Summary
Do you have experience of working with a range of stakeholders?
Do you have HR experience and an up to date understanding of employment law?
If so, we are looking for an Associate HR Business Partner to join us at Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and we'd love to hear from you!
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) helps keep Britain moving, safely and sustainably. We do this by helping people through a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys, helping them keep their vehicles safe to drive, and protecting them from unsafe drivers and vehicles.
We’re working hard to:
- make roads safer
- improve services for our customers
- make road transport greener and healthier
- harness the potential of technology and data
- grow and level up the economy
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at DVSA
As an Associate HR Business Partner, you will support the HR Business Partners (HRBPs) in delivering effective people solutions aligned to business needs. You will contribute to the development and implementation of HR initiatives, policies, and practices, with a particular focus on areas of specialism such as litigation, casework, policy, or organisational design. You will work collaboratively with colleagues across the People Directorate and the wider organisation to ensure consistent, fair, and effective HR support that enhances organisational performance and employee experience.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
- Work with HRBPs in delivering people plans, projects and supporting business areas with HR interventions.
- Provide advice and guidance to managers, ensuring consistency, compliance and positive customer experience.
- Support the implementation of change initiatives, including restructures, TUPE, and organisational design.
- Provide partnering support to frontline leaders through regular engagement to understand key business performance issues, objectives and drivers.
- In collaboration with the HRBPs, support frontline leaders to develop people plans to deliver business objectives.
1 of the 3 roles will have line management responsibilities, great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
For further information on the role, please read the role profile. The role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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